The curtain closed Saturday on the mid-Atlantic premiere of Trans Scripts, Part 1: The Women, an original stage production that focuses on the true stories of seven transgender women. The play came and went quickly, staging only four performances at Richmond Triangle Players’ Robert B. Moss Theatre in Scott’s Addition over this past weekend. The [...]

November 20, 2018 marks the 20th time the international LGBTQ community has observed Transgender Day Of Remembrance (TDOR). This annual ceremony, first observed in 1999 to commemorate the murder of Rita Hester, has become an important way for members of the LGBTQ community to come together and remember those who’ve lost their lives to anti-trans [...]

Here’s another article from our Fall 2018 Pride Guide, released in conjunction with 2018′s VA PrideFest. Get your copy of the print edition at your favorite shops around town, or check out the digital version here. Zakia McKensey stays busy. From her work with Health Brigade and the Virginia Anti-Violence Project to her key role in [...]

Issues of race have been an important topic in recent developments around the LGBTQ community. From issues relating to the way different groups perceive the presence of police at LGBTQ events to the growth of people of color-centered LGBTQ activities like Black Pride RVA and Diversity Richmond and the Virginia Black History Museum’s Black LGBTQ [...]